[CS-FSLUG] Need recomendations for Domain and Web Site Hosting

[Don Parris]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:42:21 -0600 (CST), Ed Hurst <ehurst at asisaid.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Eduardo Sanchez wrote:
> 
> > David and Tim offer excellent hosting packages. Both have my warmest
> > recommendation.
> 
> I agree with Eduardo. I use Tim's service and recommend it heartily,
> as it's quite affordable on my low income. However, there are limits...
> 
> > Now, about the embedded wav files: You're looking for trouble with that.
> > I would suggest you to encode the wavs to either mp3 or ogg.
> >
> > Moreover, and since this is going to be online, I would recommend
> > variable bitrate, minimum 96, maximum 160 kbps in either format. Ogg
> > seems to work better, especially at lower bitrates. You'll get a
> > tenfold (or more) reduction in size at no appreciable quality loss.
> 
> I would further recommend not playing the entire hymn, but perhaps the
> one seminal verse or even just the chorus. As it is, with a dialup
> connection I don't enable sound in my browser. If it takes more than 2
> minutes to load a page, I tend to move on. As long as sound file links
> are voluntary -- not loaded automatically -- I am more likely to see
> what you have to say.
> 
You might also check out cyberhymnal's midi files, if you're o.k. with
midi music.  They have a huge collection, and the file sizes are
nominal.

Don
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